{"id":24055,"date":"2023-10-25T20:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=24055"},"modified":"2023-10-26T19:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T23:22:41","slug":"i-just-got-a-copy-of-either-or-by-soren-kierkegaard-on-a-whim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/10\/25\/i-just-got-a-copy-of-either-or-by-soren-kierkegaard-on-a-whim\/","title":{"rendered":"I just got a copy of Either\/Or by Soren Kierkegaard on a whim."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AW10252023-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AW10252023-2.jpg\" alt=\"I just got a copy of Either\/Or by Soren Kierkegaard on a whim. Can I make any good sense of it without taking a class on it\/reading Hegel? I'm having a really tough time understanding it so any resources for doing so would be appreciated. Or maybe just telling me I'm in over my head with this. That works too.\" class=\"wp-image-24053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AW10252023-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AW10252023-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AW10252023-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I just got a copy of Either\/Or by Soren Kierkegaard on a whim. Can I make any good sense of it without taking a class on it\/reading Hegel? I&#8217;m having a really tough time understanding it so any resources for doing so would be appreciated. Or maybe just telling me I&#8217;m in over my head with this. That works too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nah, philosophy is hard, no worries. A couple thoughts. 1) Sometimes a different translation helps. We have several. 2) Books like Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction, and the Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard are designed to help you make sense of what you&#8217;re reading. Search for them at <a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/\">library.bc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nah, philosophy is hard, no worries. A couple thoughts. 1) Sometimes a different translation helps. We have several. 2) Books like Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction, and the Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard are designed to help you make sense of what you&#8217;re reading. Search for them at library.bc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24059,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24055\/revisions\/24059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}